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Comment by Karenlee on September 22, 2013 at 9:23am

Hi Cheryl, my son has been EOD for 2 1/2 years. He is currently with MU8. They basically just keep training but the stress is not there. They usually form them up in teams and they get to do all the cool stuff they learned- diving, jumping,shooting. My son is enjoying it all also. He has put in for a change of station and we will know next month if he is coming back. Just an FYI, there are only 3 places they station them in the states- San Diego, VA or maybe FL. My son was stationed in San Diego before he went EOD. He really liked living there. Congrats to your son on a job well done. Welcome to EOD. Karenlee

Comment by Karenlee on September 9, 2013 at 5:43pm

Hi, my son is with MU8. After he was done with school and the rest of his training he went to his command. Since then he has done more training- jumping, shooting,diving. He has also done some joint training in Africa. Basically they just keep training. They can sign up for free fall school which my son said was way cool. Right now he is on a team that does underwater ops.

Comment by mpl on September 8, 2013 at 9:53pm

Hello Everyone This is all new to me would love to here comments and what they do ...My son graduated BM in great lakes sept 6 he surpised us and showed up Friday night at home so happy.his job is EOD mobile unit 1 he will be spending a month in Mississippi and the out to san diego for more schooling and will be station there what exactly do they do

 

Comment by DJsmom on September 7, 2013 at 9:57pm

Hello all ... Sorry I have been MIA just very busy and crazy too.

Now lets see if I can get some questions answered.

Graduation was Tuesday 20 Aug 2013. We flew into VPS which is Northwest Regional Airport in Fort Walton Beach. Small but gets you right there. Barracks

are only about 10 mins or so away. I rented a car right there at airport. I booked my trip on expedia. I was going to be a vacation for my daughter and myself. She was moving into college the 22nd. We left Fri 16 Aug and scheduled to come back the 21st. We stayed at the Ramada Beach Plaza Hotel on the beach in Ft Walton because we wanted a "beach" vacation but actually poured Fri, Sat, Sun was sunny on Mon and Tues. Our hotel was about 20 min from the airport. Give or take a few. His class proctor hosted a picnic for the families that were already there on Sun. It was held on base at the EOD underwater site at a picnic area. he had graduation practice Monday. Graduation was at 8am beautiful and sunny day. Held at the EOD Memorial. beautiful ceremony. I was tearing up such a PROUD moment when he was being pinned. Lasted about 45 min to an hour. 18 Graduating Also they had already taken the test to rank up so at that time they got their certificates. Then they took class photo and families could take pictures. Then we could go into the school and look around a bit but couldn't go past a certain area ... classified. My son tells me the classmates rented the basement of the Boathouse and all the families and the graduates were invited to go there for an early lunch. All individual families paid for themselves. 

My ex husband flew into Pensacola airport, maybe saved a few $$ but putting gas in the car to get there he could have just flown into VPS. Pensacola is about 1 hour 15 min drive from VPS. 

Ok ... I think that's it. Hopefully this has helped and if I can answer anymore questions just let me know. 

Thank you to all in the Navy and EOD. Not just as a parent but as a US citizen. 

Comment by Karenlee on September 7, 2013 at 2:15pm

Ballpark, hopefully DJ's Mom will answer because it's been 2 plus years for me, but I think it starts at 9-9:30, last maybe 45 mins. Depends on how many are graduating. You can leave afterwards. My son had to take the test to move up in rank right after graduation so we got to hang with him for about 1/2 hour and then he went to take his test which lasted about 2 hrs. He called when he was done. Congratulations to your son and to you also. It's a great family to belong to. Karenlee

Comment by ballp on September 7, 2013 at 12:42pm

Good Morning! I'm sorry to bother all of you with questions that have already been asked but I can't find answers for some of them. My son graduates from EOD at Eglin next month.(October) Can anyone tell me:

What time the graduation begins.

About how long it lasts.

Is there a reception/meal afterward or can we leave and go out to eat on our own?

Thanks for any info. you can give.

Comment by QMGsmom on September 3, 2013 at 11:51pm

Hi DJsmom,  Its been a while. From what I see, your son moved on,past Quinn. But its ok, its all meant to be for each one. He does graduate 9-30. Hes in the final phase. Im glad to hear graduation was great. Now my family will head south soon. We are coming in from all over the country,,, can you help on any details where to stay, where did you fly into?? It would be great to get a big enough place to sleep 6-7 of us. I imagine that he has his orders already. Quinn is staying stateside so Im happy and so is he.

Hope all is well for the EOD moms, wives etc.. and hang in there new moms. 

Comment by addy62 on September 3, 2013 at 1:12pm

DJsmom,  please tell me about graduation.  Do they do anything special or is just the ceremony on Monday?  Like, did you all go out to eat or something?  How many days did you stay?  I am full of questions?  our ceremony is Sept. 30th

audrey

Comment by DJsmom on August 30, 2013 at 11:16pm

Amanda, I met you at graduation. I will send you an email.

Comment by Karenlee on August 30, 2013 at 2:56pm

Amanda, my son is in Rota. He has not had any deployments but a lot of training. He was at Rota for about 2 months and they formed up teams, they then came back to the states for 6 months of training in VA. He has been to Africa twice and to some of what we used to call the eastern block countries. These usually last 3-4 weeks. He is scheduled to go to Iceland within 2 months,again most of this is training or joint training with various Navies.

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